mid-14c., from Old French compassion sympathy, pity (12c.), from LateLatin compassionem (nominative compassio) sympathy, noun of statefrom past participle stem of compati to feel pity, from com- together(see com-) + pati to suffer (see passion). Latin compassio is an ecclesiastical loan-translation of Greek sympatheia(see sympathy).
The study of leadership in health information management (HIM), including how leaders within HIM develop, how they conduct their workday, how they manage and lead, and how they see themselves as leaders, is needed. This research project is a descriptive study that examines leadership in HIM.
Start a Career in Health Information Management A career in health information management puts you at the center of the exploding fields of health care and technology. As a health information management professional, you are the expert on patient data that doctors, nurses and other health-care providers rely on to perform their jobs. By maintaining, collecting and analyzing health information, your work makes an important contribution to the delivery of high quality care.